Friday, November 7, 2008

33 Years Ago Today...

...the Rangers traded Jean Ratelle, Brad Park and minor-leaguer Joe Zanussi to the Boston Bruins for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais. NHL.com has two stories on this blockbuster trade (here & here).

Here was Espo's reaction to being traded to the Rangers...

"I said, please don't say it's New York, please, because if you do I am going to jump out the window," Esposito told his now former coach. "He says, 'Close the window!'

Park had this to say about when he was able to get over being traded from the Rangers...

"I'm still ticked!"

...hat tip to Blueshirt Bulletin for the link.

...i wasn't alive when that trade went down, but I can only imagine the reaction of the fans. Trading a fan favorite like Park must not have gone over very well.

...although fans were loving Espo when the Rangers made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1979.

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